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Fort Scott utilities director reports improved lagoon readings while ADM pretreatment work continues
Summary
City water utilities director Scott told the Fort Scott City Commission that biochemical and chemical oxygen demand measurements improved in June and August after ADM shifted to domestic loads, but spikes and long‑term sludge buildup mean the city will keep monitoring and pursue written contract terms with ADM and AMS.
Scott, Fort Scott’s water utilities director, updated the City Commission Oct. 1 on loads arriving from ADM and the temporary biological treatment the city has contracted with AMS. He said June and August lab results showed much lower biochemical oxygen demand (BOD) and chemical oxygen demand (COD) — driven by domestic loads from ADM’s domestic lagoon — but that July showed a sharp spike when industrial loads were delivered.
Scott said the city’s contract with ADM sets a minimum pH of 6 for incoming loads and that ADM has been “doing modifications over the last about a year or so, to elevate that pH up before it gets to us.” He added the lagoons at the Fort Scott plant are in noticeably better condition than in 2022 and “there isn’t any smell.”
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